Chairman of the Werder Bremen board of management, Jürgen L. Born, will be in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday and Tuesday (07./08.07.2008) to partake in the European Club Association (ECA) general assembly. The independent organisation was established to represent the interests of European clubs. At the two-day meeting, the first official board will be elected, which will finally be able to begin operations after several months of development.

“They will be a very interesting couple of days, as many principle decisions will be made. Aside from the board, there will also be a number of cooperative groups established and we will discuss the new ECA office,” explained Born.

In early 2008, the ECA took over the work of the former ‘G14’ group, who represented the interests of the top European clubs in a counter role to UEFA. The new consortium has already been compiled and will be composed of representatives from all 53 UEFA member states. The ECA will represent an estimated 103 clubs all across Europe, which includes Werder Bremen. The exact number of clubs to be dispatched by each individual federation will be newly allotted every two years.